LOWELL -- A 34-year-old Boxboro man and a 46-year-old Lowell woman are both facing subsequent-offense drinking and driving charges since police say they couldn't keep their vehicles on the road this week.

The first arrest was Saturday in Boxboro, where police say Detective Nathan Bowolick was sent to the ramp from Interstate 495 to Massachusetts Avenue for a report of a car in a snowbank.

He arrived to see a man behind the wheel, but by the time he got to the Honda Accord, the driver was out of the car "staggering" up the road.

The man smelled of alcohol, and failed several field-sobriety tests, according to police.

James Plett, 34, of 310 Codman Hill Road, Boxboro, was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol (fifth offense), driving with a license suspended for OUI-alcohol, driving with a license revoked for being a habitual traffic offender, failure to keep right, and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

He was held over the weekend and arraigned Monday in Ayer District Court. The results of that proceeding were not immediately available.

In Lowell, a 46-year-old woman was injured Monday afternoon in a crash that police say occurred while she was drunk.

Police say they were called to 51 Burnham Road about 4:42 p.m., for a report of a domestic assault.

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At that home, police say officers were told that Marlene Bickford, 46, threw a glass vase at a family member before leaving in a Dodge pickup truck.

At 5:07 p.m., another officer was sent to a reported crash on Boylston Street, where he found a Dodge pickup truck crashed into a utility pole and Bickford behind the wheel, according to police.

Police say Bickford was drunk. Damage to her truck forced firefighters to extricate her through the windshield. Bickford was taken to a city hospital with non life-threatening injuries, and will be summonsed to Lowell District Court to face charges of operating under the influence of alcohol (third offense), speeding, and domestic assault with a dangerous weapon (vase).

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